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“We Have Come into His House: The Black Church, Florida’s Stop Woke, and the Fight to Teach Black History – Part II” by Timothy Welbeck

Apr 25, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Education, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Welbeck, Timothy

Old Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee by DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0) We Have Come Into This House is an essay published in two corresponding parts. The first part specifically examined recent Florida legislation that has restricted and restructured the way classrooms in primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions within the state may explore topics relating to race and racism.…

“We Have Come into His House: The Black Church, Florida’s Stop WOKE, and the Fight to Teach Black History – Part I” by Timothy Welbeck

Apr 23, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Education, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Welbeck, Timothy

Old Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee by DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0). We have come into His house to gather in His name to worship Him” – Bruce Ballinger “We request Black teachers of Black studies. It is not that we believe only Black people can understand the Black experience. It is, rather, that we acknowledge the difference…

“A Belated Book Review: Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Rackman, ‘Israel’s Emerging Constitution’ (1954) and Its Continued Relevance” by Michael J. Broyde

Apr 18, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Broyde, Michael J., Politics

Nuremburg Trials Protocols by David Shay (CC BY 3.0 DEED) Prologue Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Rackman (b. 1910, d. 2008) was a unique figure in the Orthodox Jewish community. Besides his well-known intellectual brilliance, he was involved with nearly every important Orthodox organization in America for many decades and then moved to Israel to be the…

“Religious Charter Schools: A New Horizon for the Establishment Clause and School Choice” by Charles J. Russo

Apr 16, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Media & Culture, Politics, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

Oklahoma City’s Skyline by Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau (CC BY-SA 3.0). The school choice movement spurred on by Milton Friedman’s highly influential 1955 essay, The Role of Government in Education, affords parents greater opportunities to select where their children can be educated. A key component in this movement are charter schools. Charter schools…

“Islam, Women, and Genderization in Professions: The Case of Uzbekistan” by Rahimjon Abdugafurov

Apr 11, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsAbdugafurov, Rahimjon, April 2024, Sex & Gender

Islam, Women, and Genderization in Professions: The Case of UzbekistanRahimjon Abdugafurov The following is an excerpt from Rahimjon Abdugafurov’s chapter titled, “Islam, Women, and Genderization in Professions: The Case of Uzbekistan” featured in The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia, an open access collection of essays on Central Asia. Reprinted here with permission from…

“Learning to Disagree” by John Inazu

Mar 28, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsEthics & Morality, Inazu, John, March 2024

Learning to DisagreeJohn Inazu The following is an introduction followed by an adapted excerpt from John Inazu’s new book, “Learning to Disagree” with permission from Zondervan Publishing, 2024. In past academic work, I have explored the tensions and instability that surround theories of pluralism, the right of assembly, and the religion clauses. Alongside these scholarly…

“The Housing Plight of Refugees” by Yolanda van der Vyver

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAffordable Housing, Human Rights, March 2024, van der Vyver, Yolanda

“Refugee Mother and Child” by dimitrisvetsikas1969 from Pixabay. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This series features scholars, experts, and…

“Incomplete Communities? Desegregating the City through the Reform of Land Use and Affordable Housing Policies” by Alexander Ehlers

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAffordable Housing, Alexander Ehlers, Human Rights, March 2024

Suburbs of Primrose and Makause in Johannesburg. Maps Data: Google Earth (c) 2015. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This…

“Participatory Design Produces a Vibrant Dynamic Urban Environment” by Carin Smuts

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAffordable Housing, Carin Smuts, Human Rights, March 2024

“Townscape” by The Digital Artist from Pixabay. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This series features scholars, experts, and practitioners…

“Climate migrants in the year 2100: An explorative study on climate migration through the lens of climate niches” by Heelen du Toit

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAffordable Housing, du Toit, Heleen, Human Rights, March 2024

Photo by Marcin Jozwiak on Unsplash. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This series features scholars, experts, and practitioners who…

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